338

338 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar338
CCCXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita1091
Assyrian calendar5088
Balinese saka calendar259–260
Bengali calendar−256 – −255
Berber calendar1288
Buddhist calendar882
Burmese calendar−300
Byzantine calendar5846–5847
Chinese calendar丁酉年 (Fire Rooster)
3035 or 2828
    — to —
戊戌年 (Earth Dog)
3036 or 2829
Coptic calendar54–55
Discordian calendar1504
Ethiopian calendar330–331
Hebrew calendar4098–4099
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat394–395
 - Shaka Samvat259–260
 - Kali Yuga3438–3439
Holocene calendar10338
Iranian calendar284 BP – 283 BP
Islamic calendar293 BH – 292 BH
Javanese calendar219–220
Julian calendar338
CCCXXXVIII
Korean calendar2671
Minguo calendar1574 before ROC
民前1574年
Nanakshahi calendar−1130
Seleucid era649/650 AG
Thai solar calendar880–881
Tibetan calendarམེ་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་
(female Fire-Bird)
464 or 83 or −689
    — to —
ས་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་
(male Earth-Dog)
465 or 84 or −688
King Shapur II the Great (r. 309–379)

Year 338 (CCCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ursus and Polemius (or, less frequently, year 1091 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 338 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

Persia

  • Shapur II, king of the Persian Empire, begins a widespread persecution of Christians. He orders forcible conversions to the state religion, Zoroastrianism, lest the Christians disrupt his realm while he is away fighting the Romans in Armenia and Mesopotamia.

Asia

  • Tuoba Yihuai, ruler of the Tuoba Dai clan, dies and is succeeded by his brother Tuoba Shiyiqian.

By topic

Art

  • The Church of Santa Costanza, Rome, starts to be built (approximate date).

Religion

  • Eusebius of Nicomedia becomes Patriarch of Constantinople, after Paul I is banished.
  • Non-Christians are persecuted by the Roman Empire as pagans.


Births

  • Isaac the Great, Armenian catholicos (d. 439)

Deaths

  • Flavius Ablabius, Roman consul and politician[1]
  • Li Qi, Chinese emperor of Cheng Han (b. 314)
  • Tuoba Yihuai, prince of the Tuoba Dai clan

References

  1. ^ Garnsey, Peter; Cameron, Averil (1928). The Cambridge Ancient History. Cambridge University Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-521-30200-5. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)